During a career that has spanned 19 years, Scottish professional snooker player John Higgins has won 19 titles in both first ligue and cup of champions. He has also earned a substantial fortune from his career.
Higgins started his professional career as an amateur snooker player. He was an amateur snooker player who had won several tournaments before becoming a professional. Higgins began to win ranking tournaments once he became a professional. He was also among the first players to win all three ranking tournaments during a single season.
Higgins continued his success in 1994/95. He won two additional ranking tournaments, and a final. Then, he became the World number one. 1998 marked his first major title. Ronnie O'Sullivan beat him to the World Championship Finale in 2001. He was also in the Grand Prix final. He was World number one at the end of the season for the first-time.
Higgins played Ronnie O'Sullivan as a batsman during The Masters 2006. He also won the Welsh Open and Scottish Masters. His fourth British Open title was in 2004. He reached the finals of the European Championship in 2005. He was also a finalist in the Championship du monde. He won his second World Championship in 2011, He was also a semifinalist in the Shanghai Masters, Chinese Open, and Shanghai Masters. In 2009, his finals at the International Open and World Championship were reached. He won the Ruhr Championship. In the 2009 season, he was the World number one.
Higgins has been a finalist in several non-ranking tournaments. He reached the final of numerous pro-am tournaments, as well as variant finals. He became the first player in history to win three of the opening tournaments within a single season.
John Higgins is a professional who has reached the final of eight World Championship tournaments. He reached the finals for two Masters tournaments, including a UK Championship tournament, a Welsh Open tournament, and a Grand Prix tournament. He has been 18 times a runner-up.
Higgins' life was fraught with controversy. News of the World undercover team discovered that John Higgins' manager and John Higgins had set up matches in a tournament. A disciplinary committee headed by former Metropolitan Police detective chief superintendent David Douglas investigated the allegations. The investigation found that Higgins did not have any involvement in the scandal. Higgins was still banned from professional competitions for six months. He was also fined PS75,000.
Higgins returned to work in November 2010 after being suspended. He reached the finals at the Shanghai Masters and Ruhr Championship. He also reached two other finals in the 2005/06 season. He finished the season as the fifth-ranked man in the world. Mark Williams from Wales succeeded him as World number 1. In 2013, he was fifth in the world, but he dropped to 12th in the rankings in the next season.